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Looking at the numbers for revenue, earnings, gross margins, and unit sales, Mr. Elmer-Dewitt wrote, “The unaffiliated analysts took 9 out of the 10 top spots. The bottom 20 spots were all held by professionals working for the banks and brokerage houses.” Of those nine, four are members of our AFB: #1 (Patrick Smellie), #3…

On the subject of tablets, Mr. Cook said: “Generally speaking, there are two kind of groups today. The ones that are using a Windows-based operating system are generally fairly big and heavy and expensive. They have a very weak battery life. They require keyboard or stylus as an input device. And from our point of…

The developer, Robert Nay of Utah, created the game with his mother, Kari. Mom did the design work while Robert handled the coding; he has been delving into programming for the past six years.The App Store currently has over 300,000 free and paid apps available, compared to its closest competitor, the Android Market, which has…

The stock gained steadily throughout the day, and bounced of an intra-day high of $344.763 at approximately 1:45 PM EST. The stock has traded in a narrow band in the $341+/- range since then, and currently sits at $342.24, down $6.24 (-1.79%), on heavy volume. There had been concern of a major sell-off like the…

I bring up this topic today (having waxed rhapsodic about these scanners on several prior occasions, such as here and here) because I recently had the opportunity to try out Fujitsu’s latest mobile scanner — the ScanSnap S1100 ($199). Fujitsu refers to the S1100 as “mobile” rather than merely “portable.” I can understand why. Fujitsu…

On the fantasy front, Monster Kingdom ($14.95) puts players in the role of an exiled king who must regain his throne by relying on the help of the monsters he defeated in the main Majesty 2 game and its previous two expansion packs.

“Obviously the stock is going to get hit tomorrow, but I see no reason why this stock won’t continue to work,” Mr. Wu told Reuters. Echoing similar sentiments, Alexander Peterc of Exane told Reuters, “This will come as a surprise to Apple investors and definitely take some shine off the Apple stock; but even if…

“[It’s] obviously a terrible thing for Steve personally and market reaction won’t be kind either,” Mr. Marshall said in a research note to clients obtained by The Mac Observer. “I don’t the stock breaks $300 level due to the following…real earnings power in CY11 is ~$22-23 and by applying a discounted multiple of ~12x and…

Steve Jobs speaking at an Apple media eventIn a letter to employees, Mr. Jobs said:Team,At my request, the board of directors has granted me a medical leave of absence so I can focus on my health. I will continue as CEO and be involved in major strategic decisions for the company.I have asked Tim Cook…

Being Middle Aged First up is the fact that the device is a mid-cycle replacement. The original iPhone 4 was introduced in June 2010, following Apple’s yearly product cycle for the device. Apple is expected to introduce its successor this summer, as well, and that’s a problem for Consumer Reports. “It may be quickly replaced…

Here’s a chart from Business Insider that lists the reasons why some people still haven’t joined Facebook. “…they think it’s a waste of time. And they think that increasingly, as they see their friends sucked into a vortex of looking at photos, playing FarmVille, and posting status updates.” In Colorado recently a mother allowed her…

The company has been hampered in the U.S. by the record labels and keeps pushing back its projected launch window, originally slated for some time in 2009. Apparently labels are now asking the company to front some US$100 million in royalty pre-payments, and they want Spotify to push its subscription-based models in the country instead…

However, in the end, only Apple’s name appears on the Verizon iPhone and Verizon doesn’t load any of it’s own apps. The booming success of the Apple-AT&T relationship seems to have influenced Verizon’s McAdam. In addition to building cell towers on Apple’s campus for testing, the two companies reached an even more remarkable agreement: swapping…

AAPL and VZ had both experienced a run-up leading up to Tuesday’s announcement, meaning that today’s news that Verizon would sell a CMDA iPhone was baked into the price. For instance, Apple’s stock rose from a closing price of $331.29 per share on Wednesday January 5th to a new closing high of $342.46 on Friday…

The first version of Solar Walk for iOS, from Vito Technology, reviewed here was disappointing. Since then, Vito Technology has made some significant improvements to the application. And now, it’s also available in the Mac App Store as well. Inner solar system (v1.6)Solar Walk v1.4 disappointed me. While it was a dazzling program, I took…

“While a CDMA version of the iPhone at Verizon represents a significant opportunity for Apple to expand its addressable market domestically, the company also opens itself up to opportunities abroad,” Mr. Um said. “We believe it makes sense for Apple to sign additional partnerships with CDMA carriers around the world.”Both Japan’s KDDI and China Unicom…

“Under the transaction, Intel receives a license to NVIDIA’s patents subject to the terms of the agreement,” Intel said in a statement. “NVIDIA receives a license to Intel’s patents subject to the terms of the agreement, including that x86 and certain other products are not licensed to NVIDIA under the agreement.”Computer makers hoping the companies…

The bad news is that Intel had no information on hand about the devices, and when we asked we were told to go to some unspecified place on the company’s Web site to ferret out specs and whatnot that we could then laboriously try and match up to our photos. We had a brilliant counter…

Microsoft was definitely focusing on larger tablets, which is fitting in that these devices were all running standard versions of Windows (Windows 7 Home Premium or Windows 7 Professional), and not some kind of slimmed-down version of the OS aimed at tablets. The smallest of the bunch features a 10.1” display, while the largest is…

Of course, 9to5 Mac made the obvious connection with Verizon’s Tuesday media event, where the cellular carrier is widely expected to add the iPhone to its lineup. The thinking is: those people who just bought iPhone 4s can now return them and grab Verizon-compatible models without paying a penalty.However, Apple’s usual 14-day returns policy will…

Since the PEG builds up a charge based on movement, walking, running, or even shaking the device will generate electricity that can be transferred to your iPhone for calls. The company says that an average hour of walking will generate enough electricity for a quick phone call, which can come in handy in emergency situations.The…

Magic Mouse induction charging, Artwizz-styleArtwizz and Mobee are both offering induction-based recharger kits for the Magic Mouse, which save users from relying on disposable batteries, and there’s no need to swap batteries out — unlike Apple’s own rechargeable battery kit. Both company’s products include a charging pad and a custom battery pack that replaces the…

Homeland’s devices were feature rich, and the company was quite specific about the different audio and video formats that these devices could handle. They are all shy on storage — most of them had 2GB of internal storage — but they all have TF card slots for additional storage. In addition, all of the devices…

Let’s start with those two, from a company called Jumper. They’re both 10.1” devices with similar specs but slightly different form factors. Both run Windows XP and Windows 7, but the second one below can also run Android-X86, a third party porting effort for Android OS. The company wouldn’t discuss pricing or availability with The…